vi⋅gnette /vɪnˈyɛt/[vin-yet]gnet⋅ted, -gnet⋅ting.
–noun
1. a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
2. any small, pleasing picture or view.
3. a small, graceful literary sketch.
–verb (used with object)
4. Photography. to finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Now for our second day in Sicily. We stayed local, and walked to Caffe Europa to get some cappuccinos and pastries for breakfast.

the view

Linz and Gene at Caffe Europa

my new favorite pastry, a white nutella cornetto :-)

walking through the streets of Aci Trezza

After eating breakfast and wandering the streets a bit, we rented a paddle boat and paddled out to the rocks to swim and sunbathe. I didn't bring my nice camera out on the paddle boat, for obvious reasons, so the next pictures are from Lindsay's water camera.

Nick snorkeling

Clint

star fish that Clint found

siblings :-)

Clint and Gene floating around. The water is noticeably saltier than what we're used to in San Diego...and much easier to float in!

After everyone had enough sun and swimming, we headed back to the house for some naps :-) Well,some people napped...I don't like to nap so I just read my book.

Stripes snuggling up

the group

We went into Catania that night, and ate at an amazing restaurant that I, once again, can't remember the name of!! Haha. It was really cool though, the walls of the place were stacked and stacked with wine bottles. You can see from the pictures that there are lots of bottles, but they really don't do the place justice. They have ladders on wheels so they can get to the wines they need to serve. We were pretty much the only people inside, so it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. And the food, well that was AMAZING :-)